Re: How to make your own assault rifle

Making a stock and trigger assembly out of ABS is just sort of novel, the action still requires precision metalwork. http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygree...ss=cio-network is more thought-provoking, as the goal is for anybody with $15k to be able to "print" an unlimited number of single-shot all-plastic pistols.

Re: How to make your own assault rifle

$15K and u2 can be a weapons manufacturer. Lovely...
Plastic uzis with silencers are the sickest thing!"The strongest reason for people to retain the right to keep and bear arms, is as a
last resort to protect themselves against tyranny in the government."-Thomas Jefferson

Last edited by jazzc; 09-21-2012 at 07:01 PM.
Reason: Removed the politics part

Re: How to make your own assault rifle

In the US, a gun doesn't become a gun until it's more than 80% complete. Anybody can buy a 1911 frame blank, for example, cut slide rails and drill a hole for the slide stop pin, and have a functioning handgun. So DIY has been within the means of anybody with a dremel and a drill press since the 1950's.

Re: How to make your own assault rifle

It doesn't take a 15K machine to do this according to my info though, perhaps if you bought the printer instead of printing it? (not a typo)

Also, I don't understand the commotion, people twisted enough to go on a kiling spree will use a car or a knife if they have to. Those are just simple solutions, there are cases of nutters causing serious problems without any kind of gun or handheld weapons. Much more scary than a gun in my humble opinion.

Re: How to make your own assault rifle

It doesn't take a 15K machine to do this according to my info though, perhaps if you bought the printer instead of printing it? (not a typo)

Also, I don't understand the commotion, people twisted enough to go on a kiling spree will use a car or a knife if they have to. Those are just simple solutions, there are cases of nutters causing serious problems without any kind of gun or handheld weapons. Much more scary than a gun in my humble opinion.

Anyways, thanks for the info.

The problem is what the title implies. If a person can print a gun using plastic, it's undetectable by metal detectors. That would pose problems for airplanes, courts, government buildings etc. That's why most ceramic knife makers speckle their blades with a metal.

Re: How to make your own assault rifle

Originally Posted by Zapdos

The problem is what the title implies. If a person can print a gun using plastic, it's undetectable by metal detectors. That would pose problems for airplanes, courts, government buildings etc. That's why most ceramic knife makers speckle their blades with a metal.

They've had exactly that for at least 15 years that I know of. 100% plastic uzis used by U.S. Secret Service and bodyguards of Police Chiefs in Detroit, Chicago and New York

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Re: How to make your own assault rifle

Originally Posted by Zapdos

The problem is what the title implies. If a person can print a gun using plastic, it's undetectable by metal detectors. That would pose problems for airplanes, courts, government buildings etc. That's why most ceramic knife makers speckle their blades with a metal.

I understand that it seems impossible to detect the plastic but there are still the bullets to detect. Also, airlines are already one of the best if not the best protected sector. You can get into a bank with less hassle than board an airplane.

Just for fun, think about a system where all weapons can be detected.
It is still possible to use poison on the pilots, to use a LAW to take the plane down and one could even get a job at an airport to sabotage airplanes. People have for smuggling drugs for instance so why not?
What I am trying to say here is that there is no stopping the really motivated. Setting up rules or prohibiting certain items is security through obscurity in my opinion. Guns and most knifes are illegal where I live, still I know people can have access within an hour, 14y/o kids use guns to rob people... Laws don't seem to mean much to criminals.

There is no stopping loonies, there is no stopping terrorism, only reason most people think it can be done is because politicians tell you so. Still, in Iraq and other places it is proven you can't really fight it, you can only fight the things that fuel it.
To think we can get the world a bit safer by forbidding items like the OP posted is a fairy tale. But, that is my opinion.I don't expect you to share it.

On a side note, if you speckle your knife with metal, in an age where plastic can be used to make knifes too, I wonder who feels safer by that. A plastic knife won't last 50 years of course, but they only need it for a day...
False sense of security me thinks, just like adding a scent to Semtex while there are some countries known to supply all sorts of weapons to terrorists, including explosives.

For the record, I am not promoting terrorism but I think it is insane to be treated worse than a criminal just for taking an airplane to somewhere. Especially because it doesn't mean the airplane is any better off against the really motivated.

Banning guns and sorts is very much like forbidding matches to the general public because there are arsonists amongst us.

Re: How to make your own assault rifle

Originally Posted by T3chnician

maybe guns made of ice that melt after a couple rounds? lol my friend once told me if he had a knife made of ice he could get away with murder. so stupid lol

That's actually kind of smart. Providded you didn't leave fingerprints, DNA or some other way to be tracked at the crime scene, a weapon that can be used once and then melts to nothing would be a killers wet dream.

Re: How to make your own assault rifle

Originally Posted by 75INZ

That's actually kind of smart. Providded you didn't leave fingerprints, DNA or some other way to be tracked at the crime scene, a weapon that can be used once and then melts to nothing would be a killers wet dream.

yea smart but stupid! hope I didnt give any blackhatters any ideas lol

Re: How to make your own assault rifle

Originally Posted by T3chnician

yea smart but stupid! hope I didnt give any blackhatters any ideas lol

Nah, people have been trying to make bullets for instance from ice since the 70ties. People actually considering this option fail to see better options, with less storage problems. I won't expand on that though, wouldn't feel comfy helping people to hurt/kill others.
Just for the record, I know of no ice bullets that actually worked as planned in a gunpowder weapon. In fact, Mythbusters busted the idea too. A knife made out of ice would have to be so thick it wouldn't be easy to use, not even considering the storage problems.